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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 705 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Split and add the meanings): un- and dis- mean “not”: unkind = not kind, disobey = not obey. re- means “again”: rewrite = write again. pre- means “before”: preheat = heat before. mis- means “wrongly”: misspell = spell wrongly. Split the word, then put the two meanings together.

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  1. 1.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  4. 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) preplace
  5. 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) unpay
  6. 6.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  8. 8.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) prehappy
  16. 16.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  18. 18.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  19. 19.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) relead
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  23. 23.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  25. 25.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  26. 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  28. 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  29. 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
  30. 30.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  31. 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  32. 32.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open before (d) open wrongly
  33. 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  34. 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  35. 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  36. 36.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  37. 37.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  38. 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
  40. 40.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit

Answer key

  1. understand wrongly
  2. dis-
  3. discontinue
  4. misplace
  5. prepay
  6. unkind
  7. paint again
  8. not allow
  9. pre-
  10. not lucky
  11. un-
  12. join again
  13. not obey
  14. mis-
  15. unhappy
  16. not usual
  17. re-
  18. preheat
  19. heat again
  20. refill
  21. mislead
  22. unclear
  23. count wrongly
  24. unsafe
  25. misuse
  26. read wrongly
  27. pay before
  28. reuse
  29. disagree
  30. use again
  31. not loyal
  32. open again
  33. tell again
  34. not common
  35. lead wrongly
  36. heat before
  37. behave wrongly
  38. reopen
  39. not well
  40. revisit

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